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Hip-Hop Has Officially Dethroned Rock 'n' Roll as America's Most Popular Music
Maxim ^ | July 19, 2017 | Steve Huff

Posted on 07/29/2017 4:21:02 AM PDT by Trump20162020

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To: MarvinStinson

She’s sweet on Wagner
I think she’d die for Beethoven
She loves the way Puccini lays down a tune
And Verdi’s always creeping from her room

/ELO


41 posted on 07/29/2017 5:33:59 AM PDT by laker_dad
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To: Westbrook

Oogabooga “music”. Tarzan say Umgowa!


42 posted on 07/29/2017 5:34:29 AM PDT by Noumenon (Can you imagine if Islam were NOT the religion of peace?)
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To: wally_bert

Their wishlist includes many shows that enjoy greatly.


43 posted on 07/29/2017 5:35:06 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Trump20162020

Hip-hop dominates online streaming, which is also the medium affected by rampant click fraud. See https://qz.com/615359/steady-chunks-of-money-are-being-quietly-illicitly-stolen-from-music-streaming/


44 posted on 07/29/2017 5:35:14 AM PDT by tellw (ed)
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To: Trump20162020

There is no real music anymore. There’s rap with a drum machine, there’s sample loops, keyboards making noises from cheesy video games, and Autotune. Hip hop and EDM has been the death of music.


45 posted on 07/29/2017 5:37:46 AM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: Army Air Corps

They have quite the collection.

There are maybe a dozen or so still on the wish list.

If you like Dr. Who and other British Sci Fi stuff, try Big Finish Productions.


46 posted on 07/29/2017 5:39:58 AM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: central_va
Ok, please post a link to a “good” hip hop song.

I'll give you two, from Blackalicious:

Chemical Calisthenics

Alphabet Aerobics

47 posted on 07/29/2017 5:43:19 AM PDT by real saxophonist ( YouTube + Twitter + Facebook = YouTwitFace.com)
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To: MarvinStinson

The soundtracks from Inspector Morse have lots of classical music.

Some mornings in the office, I play them.


48 posted on 07/29/2017 5:43:49 AM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: FrankR

Very few actual musicians in Hip Hop. If it weren’t for the studio sound engineers it wouldn’t exist. A lot of Rock ‘n Roll artists were barely proficient when they got started, but at least they hone their craft.


49 posted on 07/29/2017 5:45:34 AM PDT by Tallguy (Twitter short-circuits common sense. Please engage your brain before tweeting.)
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To: Trump20162020

Fake news!


50 posted on 07/29/2017 5:45:49 AM PDT by Renegade ( Wax)
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To: Trump20162020
People listen to their Rock favorites for years, until the vinyl or CD needs replacement. People listen to excuses for music a few times and toss them. So, how do sales reflect actual popularity?

Keep in mind that the quality of vinyl has completely greatly over the past few years. That means those who listen to real music have to replace it less often.

51 posted on 07/29/2017 5:47:05 AM PDT by grania (Deplorable and Proud of It!)
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To: Noumenon

Umgowa bunga badabing badabang!

LOLOL!!


52 posted on 07/29/2017 5:51:06 AM PDT by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it)
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To: central_va
Ok, please post a link to a “good” hip hop song.

One of my favorites:

Play It Cool--The Spaniels (1954)

53 posted on 07/29/2017 5:52:01 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Trump20162020
Thanks largely to my local public library "consortium" and the magic of CD-Rs I've amassed a music library of about 5,500 songs.About 90% are from the 60's,5% from the 50's,3% from the 80's and the rest from other times.

My collection is mainly pop/rock...but also includes classical,country and "easy listening" (my parents' music) and instrumentals (from the 50's/60's).

There hasn't been a single song that I've heard released in the last 15-20 years that's worth a damn thing IMO (except "Gangnam Style" and "Happy").

As a result I haven't bought any music in decades.People like me just might be part of the reason why hip hop is now selling more than rock.

54 posted on 07/29/2017 5:52:32 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (ObamaCare Works For Those Who Don't.)
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To: Trump20162020

It goes with our crappy education.


55 posted on 07/29/2017 5:58:14 AM PDT by onedoug ( KEK)
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To: Trump20162020

Together, rock and hip hop make up 48% of the retail market. How about the remaing 52%?

Article doesn’t mention revenue value breakdown. Is it unit count or dollar count.

Sources: Maxim and Huffpo.... Yeah, ok


56 posted on 07/29/2017 6:00:45 AM PDT by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: MarvinStinson
What happened to Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Tschaikowsky?

What happened to Rembrandt, Leonardo da Vinci, Michaelangelo, Raphael?

What happened to Shakespeare, Goethe, Milton, Heine, Dante, Petrarch, Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky?

Their works are all still available for us to enjoy. It's just that the Orcs don't appreciate such things.

57 posted on 07/29/2017 6:04:26 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: Trump20162020

And therein lies our problem....


58 posted on 07/29/2017 6:05:15 AM PDT by HotHunt
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To: Gay State Conservative

I have more than 1,000 78 rpm discs and about the same number of 45’s and Lp’s. I used to record them onto cassettes until my 1982 Radio Shack Clarinette turntable died and I traded in my 2000 Ford Taurus with its cassette player. However, I am now amassing a collection of Youtube recordings that I convert to MP3’s via a number of free sites on the Internet. These can be loaded onto a USB flash drive and played in the car.


59 posted on 07/29/2017 6:05:54 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: central_va

Well, I like this one, but I’m old school...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yym2nPAFimU


60 posted on 07/29/2017 6:11:44 AM PDT by mrs. a (It's a short life but a merry one...)
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